How to pronounce commences
Listen to commences in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“commences” in real sentences
121 clips in the index · 17 American · 75 British · 8 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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new tenency commen commences.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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That also commences the shutdown phase of the engine which commences on what we call the
NTSB · hear it here
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implemented when it commences, next month.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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The challenge is that it commences in October.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of commences. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.